No president has the authority to erase or shrink a national monument

 

"President Trump’s order to slash protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante is both a betrayal to the American people and illegal. No president has the authority to erase or shrink a national monument with the stroke of a pen, and we will continue to fight this at every step."

— Tiernan Sittenfeld, NPCA president and CEO in response to the slashing of these two national monuments in Utah